Review of Beautiful Thing (1996) by David C — 07 Feb 2007

This film hit me!wish something like this had happened to me when I was a teenager!

This review of Beautiful Thing (1996) was written by David C on 07 Feb 2007.

Beautiful Thing has generally received very positive reviews.

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